GPS DEVICE WITH SECURITY FUNCTION AND MEHOD THEREOF

• US 20100052982A1
• Filed: 04/29/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, LI, XIAO-GUANG, HU, HSIN-NAN, MA, CHAO-FENG
• Application Number:
  US12/432,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20100052982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.310
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2210/36 Global Positioning System [GPS]
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile

Abstract

This present disclosure provides a GPS device with security function and method for the same. The GPS device includes a communications unit configured to transmit communication data between the GPS device and at least one external controlled device, at least one motion sensing unit, the method includes steps of: detecting current motion state of a vehicle, and obtaining sensing information; generating a first control signal to an external controlled device, when determining the vehicle is in a defined particular motion state; transmitting the first control signal to turn on the controlled device through the communications unit; generating a second control signal to the controlled device, when determining the vehicle isn'"'"'t the particular motion state; transmitting the second control signal to turn off the controlled device through the communications unit.

Claims

1. A global position system (GPS) device with a security function comprising:

a GPS wireless communications unit configured to receive GPS satellite navigation signal in real time;

a communications unit configured to transmit communication data between the GPS device and at least one external controlled device;

at least one motion sensing unit configured to obtain appropriate sensing signals at a current motion state;

a motion signal obtaining module configured to obtain the sensing signals which are detected from the motion sensing unit, and obtain sensing information from the sensing signals;

a motion state judging module configured to compare the sensing information with predetermined sensing parameters, and determine a particular motion state when the sensing information satisfies a subset of the predetermined sensing parameters;

a control signal generating module configured to generate and send control signals of the particular motion state to the appropriate controlled device through the communications unit according to the particular motion state.

2. The GPS device as described in claim 1, further comprising a recording module, wherein the recording module is configured to connect with a storage unit and save a particular state record to the storage unit, the storage unit being configured to connect with the motion state judging module and the control signal generating module, and the particular state record includes a current location obtain from the GPS processing module, a start time or an end time of the particular motion state and the particular motion state when the vehicle is in a particular motion state.

3. The GPS device as described in claim 2, the controlled device further comprises at least one video device, and a signal receiving module, the signal receiving module configured to receive live feed which is transmitted through the communications unit, the particular state record further comprises the live feed.

4. The GPS device as described in claim 1, further comprising a display control module, the display control module configured to switch a display unit to display the live feed when the live feed is received and switch back when the live feed ends.

5. The GPS device as described in claim 2, the controlled device further comprises at least one turning lamp, the turning lamps in corresponding to turning direction are turned on when the motion state judging module determines the particular motion state is turning.

6. The GPS device as described in claim 1, the controlled device further comprises at least one backup light, the appropriate backup lights are turned on when the motion state judging module determines the particular motion state is reversing.

7. The GPS device as described in claim 1, the controlled device further comprises at least one speed reducer, the appropriate speed reducer reduce speed when the motion state judging module determines the particular motion state is speeding.

8. The GPS device as described in claim 1, the controlled device further comprises at least one prompt unit, the control signal generating module further generates control signal of the particular motion state to the appropriate prompt units.

9. A security method used in a GPS device, the GPS device comprises a communications unit configured to transmit communication data between the GPS device and at least one external controlled device, at least one motion sensing unit, the method comprising:

detecting current motion state of a vehicle, and obtaining sensing information;

generating a first control signal to an external controlled device, when determining the vehicle is in a defined particular motion state;

transmitting the first control signal to turn on the controlled device through the communications unit;

generating a second control signal to the controlled device, when determining the vehicle isn'"'"'t the particular motion state;

transmitting the second control signal to turn off the controlled device through the communications unit.

10. The method as described in claim 9, further comprising:

saving a particular state record which includes a current location obtained from the GPS processing module, a start time of the particular motion state and the particular motion state, when determining a defined particular motion state.

11. The method as described in claim 9, further comprising:

saving another particular state record which includes a current location obtained from the GPS processing module, an end time of the particular motion state and the particular motion state, when determining the vehicle isn'"'"'t the particular motion state.

12. The method as described in claim 9, further comprising:

switching to display live feed when the live feed is received and switching back when the live feed ends, and the live feed is recorded in the particular state record.